Nicaragua: Call Center Industry expecting boom

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The investment promotion agency, ProNicaragua, is updating its database of bilingual workers, estimated to be at 10% of the population that has the legal age to work.

Due costs rising and the lack of bilingual workers in Costa Rica and El Salvador, American companies that are looking to reduce costs by hiring workers in developing countries and paying a fraction of what they would pay in the US are having an increased interest in Nicaragua.

Source: nicatimes.net

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